2006 WCSF - Dallas vs San Antonio - Game 7 Best Plays

Got a request? Leave a comment here. ask.fm/gearmast3r
The best plays from game 7 of the Western Conference Semifinals between the Dallas Mavericks and the San Antonio Spurs.

[@ck675]

this is the ultimate Mavs Spurs series ever

[@jcoopsdrums8941]

This was some of the highest level of basketball ever. Also up there was the Spurs and Pistons in '05.

[@christopherybarra1070]

Man the Mavs really put it to us. I went to Game 3 like it was going to be a blowout. It was for the Mav’s. Great team and great franchise. Spurs Rule! GSG!

[@CoreyT127]

Dallas won 60 games and was the #4 seed! The west was so loaded back then .

[@shawnramos9505]

Dallas should've been #2 seed because Phoenix Suns had 54 wins and was #2 seed and Denver had 44 wins and was #3 seed.

[@CoreyT127]

@@shawnramos9505 Yeah they re aligned the playoff bracket because of this series! I remember the nuggets getting the #3 every year with shitty records because they were division champs.

[@shawnramos9505]

@@CoreyT127 I always was confused why teams that had less than 50 wins had higher seedings than teams that won more than 50 games.

[@st4r444]

@@shawnramos9505 they should change the rules. Division champs only go up a seed if the team they are taking the seed from is a division or if that team is only 3 wins apart

[@shermanngjazz]

@@st4r444 They already changed the rules

[@geoffbruce8605]

This is the second best basketball game I've ever seen. Let me preface all of this, by saying that I'm a writer. So... I like storylines, I like romanticizing, I like embellishing. And so, for me, this game was special. It was the dominant Spurs, the ultimate challenge of consistency and discipline, against the upstart Mavericks who, for years, had been playing little brother to their tri-city neighbors, just begging to break through. They went up 3-1, San Antonio battled back with the heart of a true champion... Some would argue that this series shouldn't have even happened the way it did (It did literally change the playoff seeding rules if I'm not mistaken), but the series did happen, and oh how lucky we are. To have the upstarts jump out to such a commanding lead on the road, to have the defending champion, the old guard, the former leader of the pack on the ropes... The Spurs were older and slower. But the heart of a champion never stopped beating. The comeback wasn't just one devastating run, it was a series of bursts. There were a lot of key moments shown in this video, but there were so many little pieces in between that will never be remembered. That's what makes comebacks so god damn hard, it's not just about making the big shot, it's about doing everything perfectly to even make the big shot matter. When Ginobili hit that 3, it almost felt too perfect; too Disney-esque. And then Dirk decided that it was. Just an absolute spectacle that is truly representative of sports being the best type of drama that we have in our society today.

[@nintendolegonbafan5413]

6:40 and 7:46 give me chills, watching Timmy get pumped like that. The pure determination on his face is so awesome.

[@walterlv01]

The crazy part is that I still think this was the Spurs' best team from 1999-2007 when they won 4 of their titles but they didn't get past the second round. I thought this team was much better than the '05 or '07 teams which both won championships. This was one of the best playoff series ever played and the Mavs were obviously no slouch.

[@Greenglower2012]

What made them better?

[@somerandomguy84]

Miss those old deep blue unis

[@allenwagner7671]

Re Watchables, book of basketball. Bill Simmons. Great game.

[@evanrox1]

Mavs/Spurs are always classics

[@allengreene9954]

When Rivalries in the NBA really meant something👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿😢😢😢😢

[@allengreene9954]

12:01: The entire City of San Antonio went Crazy with that shot😮😮😮😮

[@evenslouis-charles2211]

I'm a Spurs fan; I will never forget this game! I remember where I was when I watched it. Till this day, IDK why Ginobli tried to block Dirk when he's going for a layup. Come on!!!! They were up by 3, and it's a one possession game, let him lay it up, you'd still be up by 1 and you get ball . That was a crucial mistake, 13 years later I'm still not over it!!!

[@unclemoney2333]

Still hurts. Like Game 6...

[@Pingaheimer]

Cry me a river, at least u don't have to live knowing that your fav team ever got fucked in the ass without lube in the finals. Fucking rigged ass finals.

[@jlow532]

one of the greatest series ever. Every game close

[@gabrielr.johnsoniii2067]

If Manu did not foul Dirk The Spurs wins this series and they go to repeat. 05,06,07 was the three peat that could've happened.

[@nomooon]

Spurs curse: never repeat

[@JHockeyFan]

Gabriel R. Johnson if Derek Fisher doesn't hit the 0.4 shot and Manu doesn't foul here, the Spurs probably 5 peat from 03-07....

[@wuliwei6939]

That's why the Spurs are not considered a dynasty because they never repeated

[@dravenhurch9149]

Gabriel R. Johnson Manu should have been banned from the league for diving on Dirk's knee.

[@PhilBurr100]

On paper this 06' team was better than 05' & 07' as well. I remember thinking the 06' finals was gonna be a rematch of 05'

[@jacobesau9289]

Spurs would've 5-peated if Fisher didnt make that impossible shot and Ginobili didn't foul Dirk at the end of this game. Fantastic.

[@Pingaheimer]

Nobody was gonna beat the Heat and the refs that year.

[@fuckthechinesevirus9462]

The Spurs would have lost to the Twolves in the 2004 WCF, and lost to the Suns in the 2006 WCF, so sit the fuck down

[@Roadrunnerz45]

that is what i always think. in the end they never went even back to back ever during their runs.

[@Riles3152]

These were only 2nd round playoff series tho. Your assuming them right past the next 2 rounds to a championship.

[@jacobesau9289]

@@Riles3152 then go chech those years playoffs bro it was always either spurs or a lakers that came up from west so yeah they would.

[@marcushernandez4690]

Jason terry really has a tendency to just fall asleep on defense in big moments. On the Ginobili 3 to tie he has the most delayed reaction to Tim Duncan passing it out of the double team. The year before this he didn’t pressure Nash at all which gave Nash the space he needed to launch the pull up 3 to send it to OT. And of course there’s the most famous time when he left Mario Chalmers wide open in game 2 of the 11 Finals. Lucky for him Dirk helped overcome 2 of those.

[@Eye_Of_RaRa]

Hmmm u a lebron fan bro?

[@Jerrden]

Man was thinking the same thing. Kinda went with his style of play thought his career. He was either the best player or worst player on the court at any given time.

[@DanielOseida]

Had to rewatch this after game 3 of the finals today 😢

[@Cjmaverick77]

This game made me a Mavs fan.

[@TheDignam]

The Mavs improved a lot of their Defense in that serie (much better than the NBA FInals vs the Heat). The Spurs had some problems in Defense vs the Offensive Team of the Mavs.

[@DougWarner25]

too bad the finals were rigged

[@PunkSkaful]

yep

[@isaomachii3409]

nah game 3 didnt seem rigged at all but the rest of the series did.

[@kurtcometa4818]

David Stern did the mavs dirty

[@incidentalist]

lol Wade going to line 96 times AHAHAHAHA- what a joke, I was FURIOUS after that series :D 11' felt pretty good tho but not gonna lie that 06 series fkd me up!!

[@atlaslion5128]

Dirk shooting below 40% in the Finals did not help either.

[@hydeseaick2587]

Nowitsky was a beast in this game.

[@h4fflew]

The first NBA game I ever watched

[@GarynTX]

Should have never went 7 games. Refs were trying everything to give this series to San Antonio. Refs won in the end when they blatantly gave the finals to Miami.

[@thereal_notoriousakagdubb3486]

In 2005-06:Mavericks vs Spurs battle through the first 6 bruising GMs,in the epic GM 7 duel Dirk Nowitzki finished with 37 pts,while Tim Duncan added 41 pts,what Dirk and JT heroics have kept Dallas in the lead for a whole night,but Tim Duncan bring his San Antonio Spurs back in the final minutes?

[@DJ-iv2xo]

Top 5 scorer of all time. An amazing shooting performance through the whole playoffs to bring Dallas it's only championship. Yet still people say he is not a lock for the HOF. smh

[@jazzbwooy8889]

we need the whole game as stream plz

[@railenherman6482]

Manu fouling Dirk. Maybe the biggest mistake ever made by a Spurs player. Next to Kawhi missing that FT in 2013.

[@kevbeenballin9]

Wohooo, video is back up!

[@jonathangeorge5814]

I realllllly hope mavs get back to playing basketball like this!

[@underrated7725]

Spurs always come back and win the championship when they lose a series they should have won.Thats they're pedigree

[@greenminded6712]

Whose here after 41.21.1 retirement ceremony.

[@hmhm856]

The rare playoff matchups between two teams that won 60 games, AND its not in the Conference Finals nor the NBA Finals. Usually if two teams win 60+ plus in a season, and they do face each other in the playoffs, it happens in either the Conference Finals or the NBA Finals. This 2006 second round matchup between Spurs-Mavs happened due to the weird NBA seeding structures, where the three division winners in a conference automatically got one of the top 3 seeds in a conference regardless of their record. Spurs won their division and were the 1-seed in the West, while the Mavs finished second behind the Spurs in the division and were the 4-seed, despite the Mavs having the second best record in the West that season. There was a lot of controversy in the final month of the NBA regular season, as this was supposed to be the Western Conference Finals matchup. Other two times it has happened when two 60+ win teams faced each other and it was NOT in the conference Finals or NBA Finals, it was in the 1981 playoffs and the 1998 playoffs. In 1981, Philadelphia and Milwaukee faced each other in the second round (Philly won) In 1998 the Sonics and Lakers faced each other in the second round (Lakers won). Honorable mention = 2003 playoff series between Dallas-Sacramento in the second round. Dallas won 60 games and Sacramento won 59 games.

[@chrisperry2754]

Devin Harris would of been in position to have a dominant career had Dallas won the finals. He'd of developed into an all star faster and stayed one. His draft class wasn't bad but he was 5th and likely retires ranked 5th out of the class still.

[@silewis9396]

I agree, what an excellent career. He was really fun to watch too. Will never forget that half court heave he hit for the Nets.

[@silewis9396]

Also Jason Terry who finishes with the most minutes and points from the 99 draft ahead of some great players. He also currently stands at 5th all time for 3pt field goals

[@Pingaheimer]

Jason terry is one of the most underrated players the league has ever seen. He is imo the scottie pippen to Dirk's jordan.

[@kevbeenballin9]

Who else is here since the comment section is dead.

[@g3arma5ter]

same.

[@Jerrden]

Stackhouse was low key cold blooded in this game

[@chrisck5218]

You are an magician man

[@g3arma5ter]

Eh.

[@officialmightynotoriousaka3897]

Dirk nowitzki Dallas Mavericks no.41 4-life 1998-2019

[@myganite]

intense

[@fuckthechinesevirus9462]

Spurs were great, but they never repeated

[@aprilboholst7868]

Ye unlucky hhH

[@relicgordon9277]

wtf, how could they not show the play at the end of regulation where Duncan got hacked on the put back to win the game but nothing was called, that was some B.S. that stopped San Antonio frome winning 3 championships in a row, because they would have stomped Miami

[@somerandomguy84]

This was such an interesting series in general. The Spurs had such a great defense, but the Mavs bench was very underrated from a playmaking perspective. I actually think that their bench was the difference in this series. Look at Van Horn hitting all those clutch shots! haha

[@92akucaballero97]

Die hard spurs fan since 2002 . This game was one of the worst losses. Would have been a fun series vs Miami . Shaq vs Duncan and manu vs wade

[@Pingaheimer]

@@92akucaballero97 don't think anybody was gonna take it out of the ref's hands in those finals though honestly.

[@ramonsimssr.9127]

I hate the Dallas Mavericks. And losing this series which in all likelihood I believe would have been the close out and catalyst to push thru the WCF and the Finals against D. Wade's Heat for the 2nd of a threepeat for my San Antonio Spurs. And 4 titles in 5 years. 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007. Wow! That would of been great.

[@captaincortez4917]

Even if you hate Dallas, you still had to admit that series was fire. This was peak 2000s basketball: Two teams who didn't go for superstars in Free Agency (both had great drafting) locking horns in a 7-game thriller. Even when Mavs started to cool off after winning their chip, the 2014 series was still ridiculous.

[@jazzalex22]

Final score (OT): Refs comeback 119, Spurs 111

[@XtremeSaviorX02]

100 facts

[@XtremeSaviorX02]

+Christian Cervera 100%**

[@andreialexandruparfeni7129]

jazzalex22 Final score (OT): Duncan Overtime Misses 119, Duncabmn Pre-OT Makes 111.

[@wuliwei6939]

Like the Spurs won all their titles legitimately

[@JoshCConnor]

Wu Liwei They definitely did Phoenix dirty for the Spurs the very next season.

[@spinitch]

Book of Basketball 2.0, anybody?

[@oleschauenberg7118]

Good Lord, how much better than Webber and Miller is Steve Kerr?!... Good Times

[@BadsForOranges]

The Mavs were the only team in NBA history to survive after choking a 3-1

[@shermanngjazz]

Nope the 2000 Lakers, 1996 Sonics and 2013 Bulls and a couple more teams did the same thing

[@thereal_notoriousakagdubb3486]

Manu Ginobili knocks down the 3 to given the San Antonio Spurs their first lead up by 3?

[@Vcarter15range]

haha 7:23...ginobli takes like 7 steps and dribbles twice

[@marioayala6535]

Vcarter15range yeah how the hell can u only dribble the ball twice on the floor from half court

[@da1laba861]

Ginobili!!!!

[@johnjst1994]

Who's here because it's their anniversary?

[@claudioromantiko684]

Biggest mistake of Manu by fouling Nowitzki..

[@thatnewpimptrickgangstacli8922]

The 2nd round series was basically the nba finals.

[@911801111801]

No. It wasn't. Because at the end, Miami won it.

[@mikedaonly236]

@@911801111801 *refs won it

[@911801111801]

@@mikedaonly236 No. It was Miami.

[@kevinvty]

who here from Dwade's pod?

[@samsungphone7579]

Best Game 7 ever.

[@kevbeenballin9]

Hell no

[@incidentalist]

This shit was so intense while it was going on. I ABSOLUTELY hated SA at the time (especially MANU and Tim, Tony too lol) and I'm sure it was the same the other way around!! Amazing series, best series in the whole playoffs. Any time they met in the playoffs was a great series! Ol' Howard, forgot about him! Loved that team, Stack, THE JET, Howard and even Damp helped us. GOOD SHIT!

[@Pingaheimer]

my fav Mavs squad ever and Stackhouse should've gotten sixth man of the year instead of mike miller too. I will go to the grave heartbroken that this amazing team and coach never got their ring and got screwed so hard in those criminal finals.

[@deandreweatherspoon4587]

And ended up losing to Miami in six games in the NBA finals

[@cesarpedraza1198]

Manu didn’t had to foul

[@일하고돈벌고놀고]

와 죽이네

[@anthonybryant4944]

San Antonio lost Game 7

[@wuliwei6939]

You are a Knicks fan

[@veerchasm1]

Spurs would’ve beat the Heat